De Young Properties Earns Coveted Gold Nugget Grand Award Honors

Fresno, California, July 5, 2019 — Judges for the 2019 Gold Nugget Awards have named De Young Properties as a Grand Winner in its annual competition, which honors architectural design and planning excellence, and draws nationwide and international entries. De Young Properties earned its Grand honors for De Young EnVision in the Best Innovative Energy Design category.

“De Young Properties is honored to have been selected as a Gold Nugget Grand Award Winner. We are proud of our role in leading green building practices in California with our Zero Energy communities like EnVision,” said Brandon De Young of Executive Vice President of De Young Properties. “Through an innovative green design approach and energy efficiency measures, EnVision homeowners are setting the standard for clean energy, achieving extremely low energy bills and living more comfortably within their home without sacrificing style and sophistication.”

Now in its 56th year, Gold Nugget Awards is the largest and most prestigious competition of its kind in the nation. It honors design and planning achievements in community and home design, green-built housing, site planning, commercial, retail, mixed-use development and specialty housing categories. Winners this year were chosen from over 600 entries from around the world.

Brandon De Young, Executive Vice President of De Young Properties accepting Gold Nugget Grand Award.

Located in Clovis, California, De Young EnVision is a collaboration led by De Young Properties and includes Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Pacific Gas & Electric Company and BIRAenergy. This community was the first grid-connected Zero Energy home community in Central California and the largest to be developed in the state of California at the time of the community launch in September 2017. The 36 grid-connected homes within EnVision are each designed with the potential to produce as much clean energy as they consume in a year.

“A key component of the research and development of low carbon buildings is finding innovative developers like the De Young who are willing to work on the cutting edge of technology. What we learn through our collaboration in Clovis will help inform decisions made around the world as we continue to advance the science, technology and application of energy efficient, low carbon buildings forward,” said Ram Narayanamurthy, a technical executive with EPRI who supports advanced energy community R&D.

De Young EnVision is located within the greater 3,300-acre master planned community of Loma Vista in Clovis. EnVision homes are available in eight floor plans ranging from 1,690 – 3,820 square-feet with prices starting in the mid-$300,000’s.

Along with the advanced building science features that include solar panels, High Performance Walls that utilize Advanced Framing techniques, and a High Performance Sealed Attic; these homes will offer generous amenities including a gourmet kitchen with stainless steel General Electric appliances, performance-engineered Kohler plumbing fixtures, spacious 10’ ceilings and professional front yard landscaping, among several other desirable amenities. To learn more about De Young Properties’ zero energy technology, view a short video HERE.

About De Young’s Zero Energy Footprint

A leading California energy efficient home builder, De Young Properties has been working to develop its Zero Energy homebuilding technology for over a decade, having revealed its first ZE community, EnVision; followed by The Highlands by De Young; and most recently De Young RidgeView, its third and largest Zero Energy community.

De Young Properties has long been committed to the environment and takes pride in building homes with state-of-the-art features that are both beneficial to homeowners and environmentally-conscious for the long term. Focused on staying ahead of California’s homebuilding regulations, the company openly shares best practice successes through each community completion. The most recent demonstration of this commitment includes a SmartHome Experience Center, which is an interactive, educational display of the innovative energy efficiency and home automation technology included in their homes, at their Leonard Welcome Center in east Clovis.

De Young Properties was founded in 1974. With three generations of homebuilding experience and more than 40 years later, De Young Properties has built over 7,000 homes, and its name is synonymous with quality craftsmanship, enduring value, innovation and customer service. For more information about De Young Properties and zero energy homes visit www.deyoungproperties.com or call (559)435-0900.